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I love this little wall art cluster that is complemented by the wooden hall desk. I am keeping this idea in mind in case I have an unfilled space in my next living room or open hallway.

Pinch & A Punch

Paper bag background from here

Hello February, didn't you creep up suddenly! This year has been going nice and smoothly so far. Luke & I had quite a pleasant January with Romy, but now we're ready to get stuck into this new year. January is such an idealistic time of year with resolutions and plans, but February is when it all really starts. This month our house hunting begins! Our lease is up in March, but we have been told that our landlord doesn't mind if we break our lease, so that has given us some extra time to look for another house. I've mentioned before that we have crazy neighbours and they are one of the reasons that we are moving, and the quicker they are just a silly neighbour of the past the better! We are definitely ready for a change, and I am especially looking forward to changing things up around the house. I've been browsing Pinterest to come down from my Pretty Little Liars high after seeing the new episode, and looking at house inspiration has definitely taken the edge off looking for a new rental. 

This month I have set myself some little goals to read new blogs + catch up properly on old favourites, start a new novel, finish the illustration I am working on, send four pieces of snail mail & write a blog post everyday. I'm looking forward to how busy this month is going to be!

Monthly Wrap Up

This month I started some new features this month pizza sunday, my happy list & 52 portraits of Romy

I also started sharing little everyday moments

I did an interview with Therese Kerr

I made my favourite sweet treat

I shared some of my favourite Australian blogs

And drank cocktails!

January was a pretty cruisy month for us. We went on picnics, spent time with my extended family, stayed up late watching the tennis, made lots of cocktails, fell in love with Ron Swanson, went for evening walks, started our days earlier & themed our dinner nights. One of my resolutions was to use my spare time more wisely, and while I still do waste time during Romy's naps I feel like I've been using my evenings more wisely and things around the house are more organised. I planned and scheduled a lot of my blog posts this month which freed up a lot of time on Luke's days off so we could spend more quality time together, and we used Luke's days off more wisely. I don't usually enjoy January as much as the rest of the year, but I definitely enjoyed this January with my little family!

10.25 am

Friday, 31 January 2014, 10.25 am

Romy had scrambled egg for breakfast which she fed herself. In our previous attempts to get her to eat different textures there have been tantrums, but today she really enjoyed picking up the egg and eating it herself. 

11.04 am

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 11.04 am

We had an appointment in Newcastle this morning so we made a super quick trip there and back. After a couple of wet days here on the coast it sure was nice to be out and about in the sun, Romy even had to bust out her shades!

An Easy Cocktail

On Monday evening we had some friends over for dinner, and while Luke was making dinner before their arrival, I made the easiest cocktail out to quench our pre-dinner thirst. In a small jug I squeezed the juice of half a ruby grapefruit, poured three shots of Pimm's, lemonade, ice and added lemon and grapefruit slices. Perfectly easy & delicious! 

My Happy List

Crossing everything off my to-do list

To-do lists make me pretty happy in themselves, but crossing the last task or goal off (especially in the same day as writing the list) makes me pretty darn happy. I know you know what I mean, I'm pretty sure the sheer elation of getting everything done is universal. Also, my 'to do' notepad from Kikki.K makes me happy, in fact, most things from that store do!